Not Good Enough To Be Objectified?

I will be the first to admit that my experience in the industry has been super privileged. I was lucky to find a gig that works for me and hasn’t created in me a serious hatred towards the world in general for being kind of terrible and fucked up around race and sexuality. Having said that, I do recognize ugliness when I see it, and this industry is, in some ways, extremely racist, as are some of the people who participate in it. I often struggle to put that into words, because sometimes it’s as simple as someone thinking my body, because it is not white, is not worth as much as a woman whose body is white, and sometimes it’s as complicated as a client going all the way around the race issue (in his mind) but saying things that are clearly race specific and kind of awkward and weird (like “I love the things you people do with your hair.” because he didn’t want to say “Black Women” even though “you people” is so much worse and actually made me recoil in disgust and say, without thinking, “If you’re going to fetishize me you should figure out a way to do it that doesn’t make you sound like a troglodyte, ugh.”)

This article, from Unequal Desires by Siobhan Brooks (who was part of unionizing the Lusty Lady, a fact I only know because I watched “Live Nude Girls Unite” during a face-sitting session once. I love my job.) does that for me! I wish there were more pieces on racism in the industry as a whole, or in my field specifically like this one about stripping and race, but I have a feeling a lot of things are applicable in all of our cases. Even though, obviously, it sucks that there even need to be articles written in , or are people whose voices aren’t being heard, or people whose experiences are being ignored based solely on the color of their skin, right?

Hello there,
I'm Bettie. So nice to meet you, and in such welcoming surroundings! This is a bio, so let me tell you some things about me:
*I like old things. Old films, old clothes, old men, almost anything really.
*I am a philosophy student.
*I like to travel. Like. A lot. And by bus!
*I am a sex worker. Specifically, I give spankings. I'm a Pro-Domme.
*I am also a feminist. The mouthy kind. The one who ruins tv and movies for you.
*And a woman of color. As evinced by my snazzy portrait displaying my brownfulness for all the world to see.
There are things about me that are incredibly old world and Southern, like my intense love of barbecue and mint juleps, but I swear I'm a modern lady. Lady here is defined by me, not any dictionary. I like to think of myself as a gypsy, my Mom just thinks I'm unstable, both are applicable. Hey MOM! I have a sincere disdain for class privilege, conspicuous consumption, blatant and covert racism, and people being nasty to each other for no damn reason. I insist on being ladylike at all times; it's my fetish and I won't change it for you, you're not my real dad! Also, I believe very much in side hustles and am an avid shoe wearer.
It's so nice to meet you, darlin'.
With love,
B.
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